Jon Carsman, Park Bench Silkscreen Lithograph Hand Signed “The Covered Gate”

Jon Carsman (American, b. 1944)
AP The Covered Gate Lithograph-

Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennyslvania in 1944, Jon Carsman grew up surrounded by the
Appalachian Mountains. His main inspiration was the play of color and light he found reflecting
across the streets, houses, and countryside of small town America. “Jon Carsman did for suburban and hometown views what Edward Hopper did for cities, except Carsman exchewed a human presence.” Annette Dixon, curator of the University of Michigan Museum.
Jon Carsman found the source of his inspiration in the play of color and light reflected across the framed houses, streets and country sides of small town America. His paintings synthesize realism and fantasy. Color is an important factor in Carsman’s work. His pallet is vibrant and intense. Carsman isolates strong areas of color in juxtaposition with dark outline; the colors become crystallized motifs with a sparkling jewel-like quality. Carsman paints broad areas of vivid high-key tones with a surprising effect that creates a dynamic interplay of light and shadow. His links to the traditions of American realist painting demonstrate historical sophistication, and his works contribute significantly to the overall development of the new Realist style. Super Realism, a relatively new style that has emerged in America and Western Europe, is recognized as a major development in the history of comtemporary art. It is a style that, in all probablility, could not have been imagined twenty years ago when all serious art was primarily non-objective and based upon the painterly discoveries of Existentially oriented Abstract Expressionist art. Gregory Battcock, A singular Intensity, the Art of Jon Carsman catalogue for touring show to Syracuse, Oklahoma City and Wichita, 1978.

Individual Exhibitions
1968 Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pennsylvania; 1969 Wilkes College, Wilkes Barre,
Pennsylvania
1972 Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1973 Images Gallery, Toledo Ohio Jacob’s Ladder Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1974 Tower Gallery, Southampton; L.I., NY; Tennessee Fine Arts Center, Nashville, Tennessee
1970-74 Graham Gallery, New York
1975 Forsythe Gallery, Ann Arbor; Michigan Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas Vick
Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1976 Fischbach Gallery, New York; Coventry Gallery, Melbourne; Australia Images Gallery,
Toledo, Chic
1977 Coventry Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Peter M. David Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Alien House Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona Fischbach
Gallery, New York Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Everson Museum, Syracuse, New
York
1978 Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City; Oklahoma Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York City;
University of New York, New York; Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas
1973 Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York
Collective Exhibitions
1972 Hall Galleries, Miami, Florida
“Windows and Doors,” Hechscher Museum, Huntington, L.I. N~Y,
1972-74 Graham Gallery, New York
1973 Forsythe Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1973-76 Tower Gallery, Southampton, L.I. N.Y.
1973 “200 Years of American Painting,” Mid-American Art Alliance traveling show
1974 “Our Great American Heritage in Painting” Tower Gallery, New York
1976 “Contemporary images in Watercolor,” Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio; Tower Gallery,
Southampton, L.I, N.Y.; “Painting and Sculpture Today: The Indianapolis Museum of Art,
Indianapolis, Indiana; “Art Works” Milwaukee Wisconsin
1977 “20th Century American Paintings and Sculpture,” Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York;
“American Landscapes,” Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York; “Group Show,” Galerie JeanPierre,
Paris; “Group Show,” Heath Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1978 ”20th Century American Paintings and Sculpture,” Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York;
Collector’s Choice, Mississippi; Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi; ”Cityscape,” Oklahoma
Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Permanent Collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New
York; Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey; Minneapolis Art Institute, Minneapolis,
Minnesota; Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama; Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio;
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix,
Arizona; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California; Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C.; New York University Collection, New York; Baltimore Museum of Art,
Baltimore, Maryland; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; The Denver
Art Museum Denver, Colorado